Tire-holder.



P. D. SGHENCK.

TIRE HOLDER.

APPLICATION EILBD AUG. 10,1912.

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' INVENTOR. KW; 1/ /M Z Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

WITNESSES.-

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PEIRC'E 'D. SCI-IENCK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TIRE-HOLDER.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914:.

Application filed August 10, 1912. Serial No. 714,356.

extra tires on automobiles and similar motor vehicles, and it has for its primary objects; theprovision of an improved tire holder of simple and inexpensive construction; the provision of an improved universal the holder which is readily adjustable to accommodate tires of different sizes, and the pro vision in a tire holder of an improved orrangement of locking mechanism. These together with such other objectsas may here or appear I attain by means of a construction which I have illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, wherein i Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved tire holder, Fig. 2 is a dc elevation of the holder-showing the tires in place, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the locking mechanism.

In carrying out my invention i provide a base plate 7 having upstanding stiffening ribs 8 and provided with a plurality of bolt holes 9 whiclrare spaced apart so that the base plate will be rigidly secured to the run nineboard 26 of the vehicle. The base plate is provided at both ends with pairs of vertieally disposed lugs 10, 10 on which the holding straps 11, 11 are pivotally mounted by means or the forked members 12, the straps losing preferably composed. of piping screwed into the ends of the members 12. The members 12 and the lower portion of the 3s 11 are curved to correspond to ....-.ne of the tires, but the upper portions 11 of the straps 11 are formed straight for a purpose which will hcrein after appear.

The tires 13 arefieoured in plate by means of the clamps, A A and'the clamp B. The clamps A comprise the metal yoke members which are slidably mounted on the straps i1 and fastened in place thereon by means of the studs 15, and the leather straps 16, 16 which are provided with the usual buckles for adjustment.

The clamp B comprises a metal yoke member 17 (see Fig. 3) of the same general shape as that of the. yokes 14, and is slidably mounted on a. headless bolt 18 which is threaded into the boss 19 formed on the central portion of the base plate. The bolt 18 is adapted to lie between the pair of tires carried in the holder, and the yoke 17 is clamped and locked in place over the tires by means of the nut 20 which is provided with turning wing or handle 21 provided with an apcrtured lip or lug 22 adapted to aline with a similarly formed lug 23 formed on the yoke 17. After the tires have been clamped in place by the clamps A, the clam B is locked by turning the handle 21 until the lugs 22 and 23 are in alinement, after which the locking bar 24 of a padlock 2 passed through the lugs and snapped. From the foregoing it will be scrn that 113f; pivotally mounting the straps ll. on the i plate and by slidably mounting the clamps A on the straps 11, the holder is adapted to carry all sizes of tires. The provision of the forked members 12. as amounting for the straps 11 is particularly advantageous in that the construction lends rigidity to the straps, the extended bearing afforded serving to prevent the loosening or the straps and eliminate the rattling which would result from such loosening. viding the clamping nut of the clamp 13 with a locking lug cooperating with a similar lug on the clamp a simple and convenient means of locking the tires on the holder is provided. The device is simple, rigid and cheap. Other advantages will occur to those familiar with the art.

Having thus described my invention-and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. A tircholder comprising in combination on extended base plate havinga tire receiving socket, a locking bar cooperating therewith to hold the tire in the socket, a i

pair of arms each pivoted at one end to an end oi? the base plate, and a yokemember adjustably carried on each arm for supporting" the tire at a point above the socket.

2. A tire holder comprising in combinetion an extended base plate having a pair; of the receiving sockets extending longitudinally thereof and arranged side by side, a locking bar coiiperating therewith to hold the tires in the sockets, a forked member By pro- 85 5 justab'iy can the tires at a point 10% the sqckets.

in test-1. ilmy u. cmof I have hereunto 3:1 gash 1:011 for supporting signed my name in the presence of the two subscnbed wltnesses.

PEIRCE D. SCHENCK.

Witnesses:

R, J. Low, 8. W. FROEHLE. 

